Richard Esling

The turkey’s on order, the Christmas cake and pud are maturing quietly in the larder, while being ‘fed’ vast quantities of brandy or rum to ‘mature’ them and the red wines (last week’s column) are stocked in the cellar.

Often referred to as ‘one of the best kept secrets of the wine world’, or ‘the world’s most neglected Wine Treasure’, there is a certain magical element to the wine region in Southern Spain, surrounding the town of Jerez de le Frontera.